House Passes Unemployment Bill
But Veto May Loom

By

Corey Boles and

Sarah Lueck

Updated June 13, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed an emergency extension of unemployment-insurance benefits Thursday, clinching -- for at least a day -- the support needed to override a presidential veto.

The measure passed 274 to 137, with a total of 49 Republican votes in support. When House Democrats tried on Wednesday to get a veto-proof two-thirds majority on the measure, the effort fell a few votes short.